Trevor Berrett 
Today, The Criterion Collection is releasing a Blu-ray edition of Masaki Kobayashi’s 1965 film Kwaidan, a collection of Japanese ghost stories. Kwaidan benefits greatly from this upgrade. Trevor looks at the film and the new Criterion edition. Read the full post.
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “Who Will Greet You at Home.” Read the full post.
William Sloane’s only two novels, 1937’s To Walk the Night and 1939’s The Edge of Running Water, were recently published in one volume by NYRB Classics as The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror. Trevor reviews the delightful volume. Read the full post.
This year’s National Book Award finalists have been announced. Read the full post.
This year’s Man Booker Prize winner has been announced. Read the full post.
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to guest on The Masters of Cinema Cast to discuss Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu with host Joakim Thiesen. Read the post and get a link to the podcast.
Today The Criterion Collection is releasing David Cronenberg’s 1979 film The Brood. Trevor reviews the film and the Criterion Collection release. Read the full post.
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Ben Marcus’s “Cold Little Bird.” Read the post and join the conversation.
Trevor reviews Ronald Blythe’s 1969 book Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village.
In this episode of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast, Trevor is joined by Nick During, from NYRB Classics, Tynan Kogane, from New Directions, and translator Stacey Knecht to discuss the Czech author Bohumil Hrabal. Read the post and listen to the podcast.